Mercedes AMG F1 W03 (pre-launch speculation)

[cirrusflyer]

Nose step does not look like F2012 =D>
It is more like FI. Great.

[VarioR]

Major team personnel

Team principal: Ross Brawn
Vice president of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport: Norbert Haug
Managing director of Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines: Thomas Fuhr
Chief executive officer: Nick Fry
Technical director: Bob Bell
Engineering director: Aldo Costa
Technology director: Geoff Willis
Head of vehicle engineering and dynamics: Craig Wilson
Head of aerodynamic: Loic Bigois
Sporting director: Ron Meadows
Chief mechanic: Matthew Deane
Chief race engineer: Andrew Shovlin
Chief track engineer: Simon Cole
Chief engineer: Russell Cooley
Performance engineer: Jock Clear
Race engineer (Michael Schumacher): Peter Bonnington
Race engineer (Nico Rosberg): Tony Ross

[Timstr]

Major team personnel

Team principal: Ross Brawn
Vice president of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport: Norbert Haug
Managing director of Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines: Thomas Fuhr
Chief executive officer: Nick Fry
Technical director: Bob Bell
Engineering director: Aldo Costa
Technology director: Geoff Willis
Head of vehicle engineering and dynamics: Craig Wilson
Head of aerodynamic: Loic Bigois
Sporting director: Ron Meadows
Chief mechanic: Matthew Deane
Chief race engineer: Andrew Shovlin
Chief track engineer: Simon Cole
Chief engineer: Russell Cooley
Performance engineer: Jock Clear
Race engineer (Michael Schumacher): Peter Bonnington
Race engineer (Nico Rosberg): Tony Ross

You've missed an important guy: John Owen, Chief Designer.
Russel Cooley has a different job title now.

[wjpbill]

AMG Petronas car, the F1 W03, will be publicly unveiled at the Circuit de Catalunya, in Barcelona, on 21 February 2012.

The team will conduct a photo call with the car, drivers and top management in the pit lane at 08:20 for accredited photographers and rights-holding TV crews.

Media will then have a first opportunity to speak with Ross Brawn and Norbert Haug from 08:50 to 09:00, when the team’s test programme will commence.

Michael Schumacher will be driving the car throughout the day and will therefore conduct his media interview session at the close of running, followed by Ross Brawn.

[Pup]

I'm still bewildered by what you guys are inferring from these blurry pics. I know it's fun, but...

To me, it looks like a silver Ferrari.

[MercAMGF1Fans]

I'm still bewildered by what you guys are inferring from these blurry pics. I know it's fun, but...

To me, it looks like a silver Ferrari.

look we've got 7 pages to do tonight until the launch, so we're looking for any HINT/Clue, etc

[Mr.S]

I'm still bewildered by what you guys are inferring from these blurry pics. I know it's fun, but...

To me, it looks like a silver Ferrari.

I am sorry but I fail to see any major similarities between the F2012 & W03. Care to explain how W03 is a silver Ferrari??

[pocketmoon]

Major team personnel
Head of aerodynamic: Loic Bigois

I'm sure that's the guy who was giving a factory tour last summer and came out with "crazy, crazy ideas" when talking about how he couldn't talk about wind tunnel stuff

[Pup]

I am sorry but I fail to see any major similarities between the F2012 & W03. Care to explain how W03 is a silver Ferrari??

Similar nose, similar wide front wing pylons, similar front-swept sidepod intakes, similar exhaust, similar airbox intake/secondary intake, etc.

Different front suspension, obviously.

But my point is that the pics are so blurry that you can just about read whatever you want into them.

[ovidiulucaci]

The W03 from the last picture it looks very long. Maybe because of the tiny, narrow, seek sidepods. From last picture the exhaust look different from yesterday testing at Montmelo.
Hope to be a fast car!
Only 6 pages to go!

[Schulteiss]

I am sorry but I fail to see any major similarities between the F2012 & W03. Care to explain how W03 is a silver Ferrari??

Similar nose, similar wide front wing pylons, similar front-swept sidepod intakes, similar exhaust, similar airbox intake/secondary intake, etc.

Different front suspension, obviously.

But my point is that the pics are so blurry that you can just about read whatever you want into them.

Agreed. I have not seen too much predictions or any conclusions drawn though. All that is obvious from the damn blotchy pics is that its slim and quite low, and has a stepped nose. Ah, yes, it has four wheels too.

[Pup]

Yes, I forgot that - the Ferrari has four wheels also. It's gonna be another Stepneygate.

[Mr.S]

I am sorry but I fail to see any major similarities between the F2012 & W03. Care to explain how W03 is a silver Ferrari??

Similar nose, similar wide front wing pylons, similar front-swept sidepod intakes, similar exhaust, similar airbox intake/secondary intake, etc.

Different front suspension, obviously.

But my point is that the pics are so blurry that you can just about read whatever you want into them.

The nose is VERY different. Sorry to say,Day light. Cant find any similarity other than a stepped nose. Everyone has a stepped nose this year. Besides the nose is vastly different to Ferrari's square & wide nose to Mercedes's tapering nose.

Exhaust similar?? How can you say that?? Besides how can you even say anything about exhausts??? Most teams are very likely to try various solutions & it can be easily be copied.

Most of the cars in the grid are somewhat Similar this year but I fail to see any MAJOR similarity between Ferrari & Mercedes. Hugely different if you ask me.

[Pup]

Agree to disagree.

[Mr.S]

Agree to disagree.

Cool. I think you will say something very different in the 1st race when you see the cars. I dont think there ANY major similarities. We will see what you say in 1 month. Till then EOD from my side about this.